The Ram Mandir issue in Ayodhya may be resolved soon. The Supreme Court today sought an urgent hearing on the matter next week and offered to play a mediator to sort out the controversy after suggesting the contesting groups to try for an amicable solution by talks, reports said.

New Delhi: Jat agitators, demanding reservation, have reportedly decided to postpone their agitation for 15 days. The decision from the Jat body came after the intervention of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

Five-time Parliamentarian, the BJP's Yogi Adityanath, this afternoon took oath as Uttar Pradesh's chief minister along with 49 ministers, in a ceremony graced by many BJP luminaries, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior opposition politicians and a raft of sadhus, sanyasis and sanyasinis.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will suspend its train services to and from all stations outside Delhi from 11.30 pm on Sunday. This decision has been taken in the wake of the proposed Jat agitation on March 20.

Even though the BJP has still not announced who is going to be the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, the new UP CM will be sworn in at 5 pm on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah will attend the oath ceremony to be held at Smriti Upwan in state capital Lucknow.

An Uber driver impersonated as a customer care executive over phone to deter a woman passenger from filing a complaint against him for allegedly harassing and stalking her during a ride from Delhi to Gurgaon on Wednesday.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nongthombam Biren Singh on Wednesday took oath as the chief minister of Manipur at the Raj Bhawan in Imphal. At the ceremony attended by former chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh, Biren Singh and eight ministers took oath.

Gayatri Prajapati, former law minister of Uttar Pradesh, was arrested in Lucknow on Wednesday. Prajapati was being called the state's "fugitive" minister as we was evading arrest after being named as prime accused in a gangrape case.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) PhD scholar Krish Rajini, who was found dead on Monday, was reportedly suffering from depression over UGC's amended guidelines and discrimination during academic evaluation.

Miffed at the BJP moving ahead and claiming to have the required numbers to form a government in Goa despite not having the mandate of the people, the Congress Party moved the Supreme Court and the apex court today ordered that a floor test be held.

Punjab, which witnessed a triangular contest in the Assembly polls, could be in for a neck and neck fight between the Congress and the AAP while the ruling SAD-BJP may face a drubbing, according to exit polls.

As most exit polls on Thursday evening showed the BJP ahead in Uttar Pradesh but short of the 202 seats it needs to form government, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav appeared to do a clever u-turn, saying his Samajwadi Party is open to tie-up with arch-rival Mayawati if no party gets a majority.

Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal, has rejected Arvind Kejriwal government’s proposal to award Rs 1 crore compensation to family of ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal, who had allegedly committed suicide in 2016 over non-implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP).

The father of Saifullah, the slain terror accused who was said to be inspired by ISIS, has refused to accept his son's body saying he will have nothing to do with his son's body if he was 'anti-national'.

A National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Jaipur on Wednesday convicted three persons and acquitted seven, including Swami Aseemanand, in the 2007 Ajmer dargah blast case. Of a total of 13 accused, three are absconding.

Lucknow: A lone gunman suspected to have been inspired by Islamic State terror outfit was shot dead in Lucknow after a 13-hour-long overnight gun-battle in Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorism squad said on Wednesday.

Ahmedabad: While on Wednesday morning brisk voting was reported from Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi was back in his home state Gujarat, praying at the famous Somnath temple.

Former Pakistan National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani has admitted that 2008 Mumbai terror attacks were carried out by a terror group based in Pakistan. Durrani, however, added that the Pakistani government had no role in the 26/11 Mumbai attack.